Environment
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When scientists discovered holes poked into the floor of the Bering Sea, they were baffled. Now they think they have found the culprit
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Editorial: Ministers were warned about the risks of private equity entering the sector but did nothing. Now we’re paying the price -
If mining companies are given the go-ahead to exploit the ocean depths, the environmental cost will be devastating. As the clock ticks down to a crucial deadline in July, Michael Segalov reports -
Emilia-Romagna still on alert, with 36,000 people homeless after six months’ worth of rain fell in 36 hours -
Author calls for disclosure of his report that ‘shows why private equity dominance in England has proved so disastrous’
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Spotlight
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The controversial philosopher on the importance of updating his landmark book on animal liberation, being ‘flexibly vegan’ and the ethical dangers of artificial intelligence for the non-human world -
Residents feel trapped and choked by dust, while experts warn environmental damage is ‘solving one problem by creating others’ -
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International fund set up at Cop27 is intended to provide compensation to countries worst hit by climate breakdown -
Today’s IPCC report has given a ‘final warning’ to avert global catastrophe. We call on all world leaders to urgently transition to renewables, write politicians Ralph Regenvanu and Seve Paeniu -
Selling credits should fund forest protection, but unscrupulous firms are making deals where local land stewards lose out, say Indigenous leaders -
US climate envoy says there needs to be work on details of ‘loss and damage’ fund in 2023
Opinion
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The sensible methods didn’t work, so I became a member of the Red Rebel Brigade. Now I feel I’m doing something useful, says the journalist and author Helena Echlin -
The credo of Watergate is still relevant: find the best obtainable version of the truth. But doing so is only getting more complicated
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The year the world breaches for the first time the 1.5C global heating limit set by international governments is fast approaching, a new forecast shows -
A shift in supermarkets’ attitudes and a new judicial review could at last make us face up to this blot on our moral conscience, says broadcaster and food writer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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The last of the world’s Asiatic lions live in Gujarat state, but as the apex predators outgrow their forest reserve, they are moving to the seaside -
Rejection of key legislation on pesticides and restoration of wildlife ‘would send a dangerous, negative signal to the world’ -
Insiders welcome stricter rules in the UK and EU over the use of terms such as ‘carbon neutral’ in adverts, and claims concerned with offsetting
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Viewed by the Chumash people as their ancestral home, the Native American tribe is behind the first Indigenous-led initiative to protect the ocean and repair its damaged ecosystem -
In ‘a major breakthrough’, scientists are using algorithms to identify the clicks, calls and bleeps of marine life, as part of a 10-year project mapping noise under the sea -
Multimedia
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In footage shared on social media, man is seen pushing protesters, ripping away banners and grabbing at least one person's phone before throwing it away
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The category-5 storm brought 160mph winds and torrential rain to parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday, leaving at least five dead and causing half a million people to be evacuated -
Devastating floods in Emilia-Romagna region have left several dead and thousands homeless
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The Italian coastguard employed helicopters to rescue an elderly couple and a pregnant woman from their flooded homes
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100 for the Ocean unites 100 world-class photographers selected for their talents and contributions to conservation -
The Guardian visits southern Poland to witness first hand the impact of the government's decision to delay the phaseout of coal
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